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The Oriental
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| Kenting Landscape | Praying Mantis, Kenting National Park | ||
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TOC's base in Taroko Gorge |
Students on a day trip in Tainan |
Aboriginal lady, Taroko Gorge |
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Exploring the Pacific Coast en route to Kenting |
Red Powder Puff - (Calliandra haematocephala) |
View from
Eluanbi, Taiwan's 'Land's End' |
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| Eluanbi Lighthouse | Mopeds in Tainan | South-East Taiwan coastline |
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| On the trail in Taroko Gorge | Unusual rock formations near Keelung | Palm trees near Eluanbi |
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| Deep in the forests of Alishan Mountain | Buddha statue, Tainan | |
| Looking Glass Mangrove (Heritiera littoralis Dryand) | ||
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| Lucky charms, Tainan | Wind-eroded Queen's Head in Yeliu Park, considered by locals to resemble either Egyptian Queen Nefertiti or a guilt-eroded Margaret Thatcher after the Belgrano Incident | Sunset, Eluanbi |
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| Shoes for 'bound' feet | Awaiting the Taiwanese 'bullet train' in Taizhong | Mountain vista on Alishan |
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Yushan 3,952
metres (12,966 ft), Taiwan's highest Mountain |
Sunset, Kenting |
Remains of 'mother father' giant trees |
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| Card magician en route to Kenting |
Taipei 101's
lift, fastest in the world at 1km/minute |
Turtle Island, off Taiwan's North-East coast, framed in a doorway |
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| Fisherwoman, near Hualian | Wildlife protection sign, Green Island | Taiwan's current President Ma Ying-jeou (walking behind the red-garbed priest) attending a memorial of the 2-28 Incident when many thousands of Taiwanese citizens were massacred by Chinese troops and which led to the Kuomintang's decades-long campaign of White Terror |
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| Coastal scene, Green Island |
Transporting cloth by moped in Taipei |
Fish on sale, Hualian |
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Defaced statue of dictator
Chiang Kai Shek, Green Island |
Magnified etching at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall |
Exhibit at the 2-28 Museum, Taipei, portraying Chiang Kai
Shek's troops executing Taiwanese after their arrival from China |
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Girls at the Xingtian Taoist temple seek advice on 'fortune interpretation, Taipei |
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| Candles, Longshan temple, Taipei |
Back-bearded City God, Xia-hai Temple, Taipei |
Atmospheric morning on Sun Moon Lake | |
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| Coastal scene, Green Island | Wall painting, Bao-an Taoist temple, Taipei | ||
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That's all for now!
With best wishes,
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Chief Caravaneer Phil Colley hazarding a guess on the number of known universes whilst attempting to keep afloat in the 'infinity pool' of the Lalu Hotel, TOC's base on Sun Moon Lake |
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